Monday, March 18, 2013

National Film Awards 2012 for Indian cinema – winners


The prestigious 60th National Film Awards for the year 2012 were announced in New Delhi in a joint Press Conference addressed by the Chairpersons of the three juries, Shri Basu Chatterjee for Feature Films, Ms. Aruna Raje for Non-Feature Films and Shri Swapan Mullick for Best Writing on Cinema on Monday, March 18.

The top honour in the feature film category goes to Paan Singh Tomar (Hindi) produced by UTV Software communications Ltd. and directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia . In non-feature film category, the top honour Best Film goes to Shepherds of Paradise (Gojri & Urdu) produced and directed by Raja Shabir Khan. In Best Writing on Cinema section, the book Silent Cinema in India – A Pictorial Journey (English) written by B.D. Garga and published by Harper Collins Publisher India has bagged the top honour, whereas Shri P.S. Radhakrishnan has been declared the Best film Critic.

In the Feature Film category, a total of 38 films from 14 languages have been selected for the 60th National Awards in 14 languages. Chittagong (Hindi) and 101 Chodiyangal (Malayalam) have shared the awards for Best Debut Film of a Director, whereas for Best Popular Film, Vicky Donor (Hindi) and Ustad Hotel (Malayalam) have been selected. Shivaji Lotan Patil has been declared as the Best Director for Dhag (Marathi). Best Actor award is shared by Irrfaan playing the title role in Paan Singh Tomar and Vikram Gokhale for Anumati (Marathi) whereas Usha Jadhav gets Best Actress award for her performance in Dhag (Marathi). Rituparno Ghosh and Nawazuddin Siddiqui have been conferred with Special Jury award. The Best Child Artist award is shared by Virendra Pratap for Dekh Indian Circu (Hindi) and Minon for 101 Chodiyangal (Malayalam).

In the Non-Feature Film category, Vikrant Pawar gets Best Director award for the film Kaatal (Marathi). Best Debut Film of a Director goes to Lipika Singh Darai for the film Eka Gachha Eka Manisa Eka Samudra (Odia). Shumona Goel and Shai Heredia for the film I Am Micro (English) and Vasudah Joshi for Cancer Katha (English) have been selected for Special Jury Award. Timbaktu (English) gets award in Best Environmental film and Dreaming Taj Mahal ( Hindi & Urdu) as Best Promotional film.


Complete list of winners for the 60th National Film Awards

Best Feature Film
Paan Singh Tomar (Hindi); Producer: UTV Software Communications Ltd., Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia

Indira Gandhi Award For Best Debut Film Of A Director
Chittagong (Hindi); Producer: Bedabrata Pain, Director: Bedabrata Pain
101 Chodiyangal (Malayalam); Producer: Thomas Kottackkakom, Director: Siddhartha Siva

Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment
Vicky Donor (Hindi); Producer: Sunil Lulla, John Abraham, Ronnie Lahiri and Ram Mirchandani; Director: ShoojitSircar
Ustad Hotel (Malayalam); Producer: Listin Stephen, Director: Anwar Rasheed

Nargis Dutt Award For Best Feature Film On National Integration
Thanichallanjan (Malayalam); Producer: Cherian Philippose, Director: Babu Thiruvalla

Best Film On Social Issues
Spirit (Malayalam); Producer: MJ Antony, Director: Renjith

Best Film On Environment Conservation/Preservation
Black Forest (Malayalam); Producer: Baby Mathew Somatheeram, Director: Joshy Mathew

Best Children's Film
Dekh Indian Circus (Hindi); Producer: Mahaveer Jain, Director: Mangesh Hadawale

Best Animation Film
Delhi Safari (Hindi); Producer: Anupama Patil and Kishor Patil; Director: Nikhil Advani; Animator: Rafique Shaikh

Best Direction
Dhag (Marathi); Shivaji Lotan Patil

Best Actor
Paan Singh Tomar (Hindi) – Irrfaan
Anumati (Marathi) – Vikram Gokhale

Best Actress
Dhag (Marathi) – Usha Jadhav

Best Supporting Actor
Vicky Donor (Hindi) – Annu Kapoor

Best Supporting Actress
Vicky Donor (Hindi) – Dolly Ahluwalia
Thanichalla Njan (Malayalam) – Kalpana

Best Child Artist
Dekh Indian Circus (Hindi) – Virendra Pratap
101 Chodiyangal (Malayalam) – Minon

Best Male Playback Singer
Chittagong (Hindi) – Shankar Mahadevan for the song Bolo Na

Best Female Playback Singer
Samhita (Marathi) – Aarti Anklekar Tikekar for the song Palakein Naa Moondon

Best Cinematography
KO: YAD (Mising); Cameraman: Sudheer Palsane; Laboratory: Prasad Film Laboratory, Chennai

Best Screenplay
Screenplay Writer (Original): Kahani (Hindi) – Sujoy Ghosh
Screenplay Writer (Adapted): OMG Oh My God (Hindi) – Bhavesh Mandalia and Umesh Shukla
Dialogues: Ustaad Hotel (Malayalam) – Anjali Menon

Best Audiography
Location Sound Recordist: Annayum Rasoolum (Malayalam); Radhakrishnan S
Sound Designer: Shabdo (Bengali); Anirban Sengupta and Dipankar Chaki
Re-Recordist Of The Final Mixed Track: Gangs of Wasseypur (Hindi); Alok De, Sinoy Joseph and Shreejesh Nair

Best Editing
Kahaani (Hindi); Namrata Rao

Best Production Design
Vishwaroopam (Tamil); Boontawee 'Thor' Taweepasas and Lalgudi N Ilayaraja

Best Costume Designer
Paradesi (Tamil); Poornima Ramaswamy

Best Make-Up Artist
Vazakkuenn 18/9 (Tamil); Raja

Best Music Direction
Songs: Samhita (Marathi) – Shailender Barve
Background Score: Kaliyachan (Malayalam) – Biji Bal

Best Lyrics
Chittagong (Hindi); Prasoon Joshi for song Bolo Na

Special Jury Award
Chitrangada (Bengali); Rituparno Ghosh
Kahaani (Hindi); Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Gangs of Wasseypur (Hindi); Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Dekh Indian Circus (Hindi); Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Talaash (Hindi); Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Best Special Effects
Eega (Telugu); Makuta VFX

Best Choreography
Vishwaroopam (Tamil); Pandit Birju Maharaj

Best Feature Film

Best Assamese Film
Baandhon; Producer: Assam State Film (Finance and Development) Corporation Ltd.; Director: Jahnu Baruah

Best Bengali Film
Shabdo; Producer: Brand Value Communications Ltd.; Director: Kaushik Ganguly

Best Gujarati Film
The Good Road; Producer: National Film Development Corporation Ltd.; Director: Gyan Arora

Best Hindi Film
Filmistan; Producer: Satellite Picture Pvt. Ltd.; Director: Nitin Kakkar

Best Kannada Film
Bharath Stores; Producer: Basant Productions; Director: P. Sheshadri

Best Malayalam Film
Celluloid; Producer: Kamal and Ubaid; Director: Kamal

Best Manipuri Film
Leipaklei; Producer: Aribam Syam Sharma; Director: Aribam Syam Sharma

Best Marathi Film
Investment; Producer: Pratibha Matkari; Director: Ratnakar Matkari

Best Punjabi Film
Nabar; Producer: Jasbir Singh and Sonu Kaur; Director: Rajeev Sharma

Best Tamil Film
Vazakkuenn 18/9; Producer: N. Subhash Chandra Bose; Director: Balaji Sakthivel

Best Telugu Film
Eega; Producer: K. Ranganatha Sai; Director: S.S. Rajamouli

Best Urdu Film
Harud; Producer: Aamir Bashir and Shankar Raman; Director: Aamir Bashir

Best English Film
Lessons in Forgetting; Producer: Prince Thampi; Director: Unni Vijayan

Best Mising Film
KO: YAD; Producer: Manju Borah; Director: Manju Borah

Special Mention
Ozhimuri (Malayalam); Lal
Bharat Stores (Kannada); HG Dattatreya
Baandhon (Assamese); Bishnu Kharghoria
Ishaqzade (Hindi); Parineeti Chopra
Dekh Indian Circus (Hindi); Tannishtha Chatterjee
Dhag (Marathi); Hansraj Jagtap
Ustad Hotel (Malayalam); Thilakan

Non-Feature Films

Best Non Feature Film
Shepherds of Paradise (Gojri and Urdu); Producer: Raja Shabir Khan; Director: Raja Shabir Khan

Best Debut Film Of A Director
Eka Gachha Eka Manisa Eka Samudra (Odia); Producer: Veenu Bhushan Vaid; Director: Lipika Singh Darai

Best Anthropological/ Ethnographic Film
Char... The No-Man's Island (Bengali); Producer: Sourav Sarangi; Director: Sourav Sarangi

Best Biographical/ Historical Reconstruction
Celluloid Man (English, Hindi, Kannada and Bengali); Producer: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur; Director: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur

Best Arts /Cultural Film
Modikhanyachya Don Goshti (Marathi); Producer: Gouri Patwardhan; Director: Gouri Patwardhan

Best Promotional Film
Dreaming Taj Mahal (Hindi and Urdu); Producer: Nirmal Chander; Director: Nirmal Chander

Best Environment Film Including Agriculture
Timbaktu (English); Producer: Public Service Broadcasting Trust; Director: Rintu Thomas & SushmitGhosh

Best Film On Social Issues
Behind The Mist (Malayalam); Producer: Babu Kambrath; Director: Babu Kambrath

Best Exploration/ Adventure Film (Including Sports)
Manipuri Pony (English and Manipuri); Producer: Films Division; Director: Aribam Syam Sharma

Best Investigative Film
Inshallah Kashmir (English); Producer: Ashvin Kumar; Director: Ashvin Kumar

Special Jury Award
I Am Micro (English); Director: Shumona Goel & Shai Heredia
Cancer Katha (English); Director: Vasudha Joshi

Best Short Fiction
Kaatal (Marathi); Producer: Film & Television Institute of India; Director: Vikrant Pawar

Best Film On Family Values
After Glow (English and Gujarati); Producer: Film & Television Institute of India; Director: Kaushal Oza

Best Direction
Kaatal (Marathi); Vikrant Pawar

Best Cinematography
Kaatal (Marathi); Cameraman: Abhimanyu Dange; Lab: Reliance Media Works
Shepherds of Paradise (Gojri and Urdu); Cameraman: Raja Shabir Khan

Best Audiography
Do Din KaMela (Kutchi); Harikumar M

Best Editing
Celluloid Man (English, Hindi, Kannada and Bengali); Irene Dhar Malik

Best Narration / Voice Over
Suranjana Deepali (Assamese); Moni Bordoloi
Special Mention:
Pinch of Skin (English and Hindi); Director: Priya Goswami
Allah Is Great (English, Hindi and Danish); Director: Andrea Iannetta
Raah (Animation); Animator: Sanjay Jangid

Best Writing on Cinema

Best Book on Cinema
Silent Cinema in India - A Pictorial Journey; Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers India; Author: BD Garga

Best Film Critic
P S Radhakrishnan
Special Mention: Piyush Roy

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